Back in middle school English class, haiku was the perfect poetry. Haiku poems were short, and the rules of engagement were simple. The first line contained five syllables, the middle line contained ...

A haiku looks like the easiest poem to write. Three short lines, a few syllables, finished before your tea goes cold. That ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Rene Nienaber of Centennial, winner of The Denver Post’s $25 Haiku contest this week, wrote this on the topic of “autumn”: Scarlet and gold trees Cast their ...

Inspired by the West Chicago Cultural Arts Commission's Summer Haiku and Fall Haiku project, Leman Middle School sixth-grade Dual Language learners in Janet Ayala's and Jose Villa's language arts ...

3. Students apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate texts. They draw on their prior experience, their interactions with other readers and writers, their ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Tess Taylor is the author of five collections of poetry, including “Work & Days” and “Rift Zone.” She is the editor of the anthology “Leaning Toward Light: Poems for Gardens & the Hands ...